May 22, 2012

News: New Home for Acrimony, Deals, Vintage and More Vintage

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Sunday night music festival festivities are not conducive to Monday feats of motivational magic, especially when it is raining. In other news…

Leather cuffs and hand-printed leather belts in Project TransAction’s etsy shop are now 20 to 30 percent off through Oct. 22.

SFist’s Bag Lady goes to Shotwell.

Acrimony has a new home in Hayes Valley.

AliceandIsa is offering two noteworthy perks right now. Through the end of October, shop this San Francisco-based online retailer devoted to local designers, and you’ll receive $10 in “holiday credit” for every $100 you spend. From Nov. 27-30 (i.e. the days between Black Friday and Cyber Monday), you can redeem the credit towards purchases on the site – just in time for holiday gift-buying. Also, through Dec. 15, for every pair of Jennifer Tuton Fleur de Lys earrings sold, AliceandIsa will donate 10 percent to San Francisco-based non-profit FortheBayou.org in support of its efforts to save wetlands surrounding New Orleans.

In need of a new fall workout routine? We hear that The Dailey Method is now offering a $199-per-month promotional rate for unlimited classes good at its locations in Cow Hollow, Rincon Center, Corte Madera and Burlingame when you make a six-month commitment.

The Brooklyn Circus is turning heads this week with its newly-arrived supply of vintage deadstock eyewear.

Bay Area-based online retailer and indie fashion devotee Moxsie recently added an Eco Shop to its ever-growing site. In it, you’ll find eco-minded apparel and accessories by independent labels such as Alchemy Goods, fiftyseven-thirtythree, Ach Ach Liebling and Sust.

Anica has new vintage in stock.

Bell Jar has new wearables by Eskell.

SFBayStyle reports that 50+ vintage vendors will descend upon Alameda this weekend for the Vintage Clothing and Style Festival.

Nasty Gal is stoking our envy with its recently-arrived velvet power-shoulder blazer.

More San Francisco fashion news….

Old is In at Candystore Collective

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We were recently admiring the newly-arrived vintage available both in-store and online from Candystore Collective and just had to learn a little more. From whence did these lovely garments come? And could we expect this swell in vintage to continue on?

Upon asking, we learned that Candystore has stocked vintage finds since its beginnings as a pop-up shop called Hot! back in late 2004, but had seen its supply wane somewhat over the last year-and-a-half after the indie fashion-friendly store’s main supplier, who’s also mom to store founder Jennifer Jones, headed north to Portland. Luckily for fans of the shop’s pretty retro frocks, print tops and accessories, Jones has serious drive where vintage is concerned.

“But now I’ve made a commitment to get a cargo van and bring her finds back twice a year so we always have inventory….We have much much more to come,” Jones tells us.

More San Francisco fashion news….

3 Things to Love Right Now from The Good Shop

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We’ve been salivating over vintage finds at San Francisco’s The Good Shop recently. Shown here are three items we’d gladly wear all summer (from top to bottom): a vintage belt that’s both a conversation piece and a place to stow the essentials on a night out, statement-making pumps for adding rocker razzle dazzle to any jeans-plus-tee ensemble and a vintage blouse that’s slouchy and breezy in all the right places while still cinching elegantly at the waist.

What’s even better than the style factor? The prices! These items range from $20-$40. Not bad at’all if you ask us….

Sponsor Love: New Daisy’s Vintage Online Shop

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Ah, Friday. A lovely day for good news. And here’s some for SF Indie Fashion readers: Daisy’s Vintage, one of our favorite sources for vintage dresses, has launched an online store stocked with retro-minded frocks we can’t wait to dig into for summer.

Previously only available during trunk shows and shopping events, the extensive inventory of 1970′s and 1980′s dresses from local vintage maven and Daisy’s Vintage founder Nancy Sepaher emphasizes flirty, feminine numbers in bright hues and patterns. Each has been carefully tweaked by Sepaher, who shortens hems and makes other simple alterations to ensure that each piece arrives with a modern fit.

Available in sizes small, medium and large, dresses are reasonably priced (most are $35-$55) and shown online with suggested measurements that help take some of the guesswork out of the online vintage shopping experience.

We highly recommend a spin around the site for more dresses like the ones you see here.

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For more great vintage dresses from a local source, visit Daisy’s Vintage.